Donald Trump’s tweet could prove to be a turning point for his administration – Donald Trump’s America

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Yet, by the President’s own admission on Sunday, he knew all along that Mr Flynn was guilty of a federal offence.

On Friday it was announced that Mr Flynn had cut a plea deal with FBI special counsel Bob Mueller, would plead guilty to conversations with the Russian ambassador that aimed to influence Russian foreign policy, and would assist the investigation.

Since Mr Trump fired FBI chief Mr Comey, part of that probe has been assessing whether the President aimed to obstruct justice by pressuring the FBI boss to drop the investigation into Mr Flynn, among other things.

Proven obstruction of justice could lead to impeachment.

Mr Mueller was already looking at Mr Trump’s sacking of Mr Comey and whether that was part of an attempt to shut down the Russia investigation.

The President has now admitted that he knew Mr Flynn had committed a federal offence, yet at the very least encouraged him to seek immunity anyway, and at worst tried to get him off the hook by asking the head of the FBI to abandon the investigation into his activities.

Of the four members of Mr Trump’s campaign team charged so far, Mr Flynn is also by far the closest to the President, and was very much part of the inner circle in the lead-up to the election.

He has now rolled over, and will reveal everything he knows to the special counsel.

But what Mr Trump says, or tweets, may be more telling.

Sunday’s tweet could prove a turning point for the Trump administration, and not in a good way.

Timeline of key moments

Jan 24: Mr Flynn falsely tells FBI officials that in December 2016 he did not ask Russia’s ambassador to the United States to refrain from escalating the situation after Washington had imposed sanctions on Moscow.

Jan 26: Acting attorney-general Sally Yates tells White House counsel Don McGahn that Mr Flynn lied about the nature of his calls with the ambassador, and alleges he is vulnerable to blackmail.

Jan 27: Mr McGahn asks Ms Yates to come to the White House again to discuss the matter further. Ms Yates has testified that he did not indicate whether he had discussed the Flynn situation with anyone else at the White House. Mr McGahn asked why the Justice Department would be concerned whether one White House official lied to another, she said. “Logic would tell you that you don’t want the national security adviser to be in a position where the Russians have leverage.”